Feng Shou

Feng Shou (風手) is a Chinese Martial Arts style associated with Taoist Arts of the Lee-style as taught by Chee Soo, President of the International Taoist Society. Feng Shou came to London in 1930 when Chan Kam Lee an importer and exporter of precious stones taught a class in Red Lion Square in Holborn. Chan Kam Lee met Chee Soo and taught him the style in 1934. It is an internal or soft style. Feng Shou Ch’uan Shu means literally 'Wind Hand Fist Art'. The name comes from the ‘Earl of the Wind’, who in Chinese mythology was called Feng Po. He is depicted as an old man with a long flowing white beard, who stands on the green grass of the heaven’s highest pinnacle, dressed in a yellow cloak and wearing a red and blue hat. In his hands he holds the open end of a cotton sack, and wherever he points the mouth of the sack, the wind blows in that direction. He can turn a full circle, and send the winds unhindered across the whole world. If he moves slowly, then the wind from his sack will hardly move and it will feel like the gentleness of a morning breeze. But if he becomes angry or is surprised then he may turn very fast, and the wind will hurtle across the universe to create the devastation of a tornado.[1]

Feng Shou techniques

Feng Shou is a soft or internal style so the techniques are relaxed and generally involved circular motion with no blocking. The techniques are designed to use Qi instead of brute force or muscle power. In his training manual of Feng Shou Chee Soo details several areas of technique such as for example:

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